New Microtube Shaking Incubator
November 18, 2013
Edison, New Jersey: Bioresearch equipment provider Labnet International has announced the launch of a NEW addition to Labnet’s popular constant temperature equipment line with the release of the new AccuTherm™ Microtube Shaking Incubator. The AccuTherm™ Shaking Incubator is a temperature-controlled lab vortexer utilizing peltier technology to rapidly heat and cool precious samples. An intuitive control [...]
Cisbio Bioassays, in partnership with Argos Soditic, makes a major step forward in its development
November 18, 2013
Paris and Codolet, France - The funds managed by Argos Soditic announce the acquisition, together with the management, of Cisbio Bioassays. This cutting-edge biotechnology company is the leader in the field of products and services for human in vitro diagnostics and pharmaceutical research. Through this Management Buy-Out (MBO) operation Cisbio Bioassays becomes independent, with its [...]
November 18, 2013
Royston, UK -- The new phase of expansion for Institut Curie’s Paris-based biobank required a solution for advanced patient sample monitoring, as well as efficient sample storage and preparation across numerous tissue formats, including tumour, RNA, DNA, protein and blood. As part of this upgrade Institut Curie announced today an investment in arktic®, a flexible, [...]
SciAps Receives Additional $2.5 Million Investment in Response to Continued Rapid Growth
November 18, 2013
Woburn, MA -- Any Element, any Compound, any Mineral – Anywhere on the Planet. SciAps, Inc. (SciAps or the Company), a Boston-based instrumentation company specializing in handheld and portable analytical instruments, recently announced that it has received a $2.5 million investment led by new investor Gefinor Ventures, with follow-on participation from existing investors Rand Capital, [...]
New lab for top research into solar cells
November 18, 2013
A new test facility for breakthrough research into thin-film solar cells at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) will be opened on Wednesday 27 November 2013. The new lab is part of the Solliance alliance, and includes a high-resolution transmission electron microscope that will allow atom-by-atom study of the components of solar cells. Thin-film solar cells [...]
BMG LABTECH & InvivoSciences Collaborate to Accelerate Drug Discovery in Engineered 3D Tissues
November 17, 2013
Cary, NC - BMG LABTECH, Inc. - the Microplate Reader Company - and InvivoSciences, Inc. - a leader in stem cell tissue engineering providing a novel solution in first-in-class drug discovery - announced today a strategic collaboration to market the time-dependent fluorescent assessment of engineered 3D heart tissues using advanced microplate reader technologies. Employing an [...]
Oxford Nanopore announces secondary placing, divestment of Illumina
November 15, 2013
Oxford, UK. Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd, the UK-based technology company specialising in nanopore-based electronic molecular analysis systems, has co-ordinated a secondary placing of shares on behalf of certain shareholders. The majority of this transaction was the acquisition of Illumina's 13.5% shareholding in Oxford Nanopore by other investors for £56.4 million. Oxford Nanopore announced in October [...]
736 Series: Oxygen/Nitrogen Analysis by Fusion
November 15, 2013
St. Joseph, Mich. — LECO has introduced the 736 Series, an oxygen/nitrogen analyzer developed for accurate wide-range measurement of oxygen and nitrogen content of inorganic materials, ferrous and nonferrous alloys, and refractory materials using the inert gas fusion technique. The 736 Series features an improved detector design with thermostatic construction and increased protection for ambient [...]
November 15, 2013
NEW YORK, NY, -- Enzo Biochem Inc. (NYSE:ENZ) today announced publication of a study in a leading scientific journal, Modern Pathology, a Nature Publishing Group publication, that shows a strong association of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a pulmonary disease with 100% mortality within five years, with the presence of the herpesvirus saimiri virus, a virus [...]
November 15, 2013
RAMSEY, N.J -- Konica Minolta Sensing Americas, Inc. (KMSA), the worldwide leader in the industrial measurement of color and light, is continuing to build on its industry-leading position in light and display measurement technology by exploring new business opportunities and gaining entry into new markets with the newly acquired Instrument Systems GmbH (IS) product line. [...]
